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SINGULAIR for Asthma - Patient Satisfaction
WHEN CONSIDERING COMPLIANCE...

Success can depend on what your patients prefer.

In a nationwide survey in Belgium, the ASTHMA Survey of over 11,000 of their patients found…

 90% of patients taking SINGULAIR were highly satisfieda and reported a willingness to continue taking SINGULAIR19

After adding SINGULAIR to current treatment,

Patients reported significant improvement in symptoms, particularly in 6 to 14 year olds.19

SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN SLEEP, ABILITY TO PERFORM
DAILY ACTIVITIES, EARLY MORNING AWAKENINGS, AND
DECREASED NEED FOR RESCUE MEDICATION19

 
Adapted from Malonne H et al Curr Med Res Opin 2002;18(8):512–519.
See Study Design E
 In a study of 74 asthmatic adults investigating the relationship between airway inflammation and disease severity, higher levels of inflammatory cells were found in patients taking both low-dose and high-dose steroids.20b

 Asthma symptoms, such as early morning awakenings, difficulty with sleep and limitation of activities, and short-acting beta2-agonist use more than twice weekly, persisted at baseline despite treatment with inhaled steroids in the ASTHMA survey of 11,054 asthmatic patients 6 years and older.19
AIRWAY INFLAMMATION AND ASTHMA CAN PERSIST
DESPITE TREATMENT WITH INHALED STEROIDS19c,20


Symptoms persist despite treatment with inhaled steroids graph
N=11,054
Adapted from Malonne H et al Curr Med Res Opin 2002;18(8):512–519.
See Study Design E for details.

 In the ASTHMA survey, pre-randomized patients taking LABA with ICS had the highest rate of baseline symptoms of all other subgroups (p<0.001)19 

a Highly satisfied as indicated by expression of willingness to continue taking SINGULAIR.19 
b As measured by sputum eosinophils. See Study Design F for details.20 
c Graph modified to include 2 of the 4 symptoms in published graph. Other symptoms recorded at baseline included asthma-related difficulty in sleeping and early morning awakening.19 
d Other=anticholinergics, theophylline, antihistamine, cromoglycate, oral corticosteroids, or ketotifen.19
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